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i'm amara sohn. today we begin with dueling over the debt. president obama and house speaker john boehner escalated the battle over the debt limit last night. they both appealed to american television viewers in speeches that reflect the two sides being farther apart than ever on the issue. nbc's tracie potts has more from washington. >> reporter: we're now one week away from this possible default deadline and it looks like the white house and congress are no closer to a deal today. >> this is no way to run the greatest country on earth. it's a dangerous game that we've never played before and we can't afford to play it now. >> reporter: president obama is taking his behind-closed-doors fight public to pressure republicans into. >> the president wanted a blank check six months ago and he wants a blank check today. this is just not going to happen. >> reporter: boehner, who insists i gave it my all before negotiations broke down, argues the crisis isn't in congress, it's in the oval office. president obama refuses to sign his six-month tempora
i'm amara sohn. today we begin with dueling over the debt. president obama and house speaker john boehner escalated the battle over the debt limit last night. they both appealed to american television viewers in speeches that reflect the two sides being farther apart than ever on the issue. nbc's tracie potts has more from washington. >> reporter: we're now one week away from this possible default deadline and it looks like the white house and congress are no closer to a deal today....
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i'm amara sohn. today we begin with vote failure. house speaker john boehner has been dealt a major blow from his own party with the clock ticking on the looming default of the nation. yesterday boehner was unable to coral enough support to bring his debt ceiling bill to a vote. tracie potts has the latest details from washington. tracie, good morning. >> reporter: at this hour, amara, good morning. the americans are nervous. the white house is concerned. lawmakers here on capitol hill frustrated. some of them furious at the tea party. one lawmaker called it pretty scary. >> what's going on in the house is crazy. is a disgrace. it is an outrage. >> the republicans are holding hostage the credit of the united states of america. >> do you have the votes? >> reporter: he didn't. it may come up again today, but speaker john boehner had to postpone a vote on his $1 trillion deficit plan because he couldn't get enough votes from his own party. >> the last thing we need to do is be playing around with augus
i'm amara sohn. today we begin with vote failure. house speaker john boehner has been dealt a major blow from his own party with the clock ticking on the looming default of the nation. yesterday boehner was unable to coral enough support to bring his debt ceiling bill to a vote. tracie potts has the latest details from washington. tracie, good morning. >> reporter: at this hour, amara, good morning. the americans are nervous. the white house is concerned. lawmakers here on capitol hill...
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correct what ages you. >>> welcome back to "first look," i'm amara sohn. here's some of the top stories this morning. a new report shows that amid the recession, the wealth gap between whites and minorities has widened to unprecedented levels. a census analysis by the pew research center finds the median net worth of whites is 20 times greater than that of blacks and 18 times more than that of hispanics. >>> a whistleblower lawsuit says one of the nation's largest providers of kidney dialysis deliberately wasted medicine in order to reap hundreds of millions of dollars from medicare payments. the suit claims davita used larger-than-necessary vials, knowing that medicare would pay for the unused portion, if it were deemed unavoidable waste. >>> the israel chamber orchestra plans to perform a composition by richard wagner, breaking an israeli taboo. the performance will take place in germany at a concert to wagner, a composer revered by adolf hitler and the nazis. >>> and cryonics pioneer has died, robert etinger was 92, his body became the 106th to be store
correct what ages you. >>> welcome back to "first look," i'm amara sohn. here's some of the top stories this morning. a new report shows that amid the recession, the wealth gap between whites and minorities has widened to unprecedented levels. a census analysis by the pew research center finds the median net worth of whites is 20 times greater than that of blacks and 18 times more than that of hispanics. >>> a whistleblower lawsuit says one of the nation's largest...
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>> it hopefully will be. >> i'm amara sohn. stay tuned for "way too early" with willie geist. >>> john boehner dresses down members of his own party holding up his debt ceiling plan telling them to get your arse in line. will they get their fannies behind boehner today? and what happens next as we sit now five days away from that august 2nd deadline. meanwhile, amon al zawahiri releases a video. the question is, what is his new message for the united states from that weakened terrorist group? >>> and "jeopardy" host
>> it hopefully will be. >> i'm amara sohn. stay tuned for "way too early" with willie geist. >>> john boehner dresses down members of his own party holding up his debt ceiling plan telling them to get your arse in line. will they get their fannies behind boehner today? and what happens next as we sit now five days away from that august 2nd deadline. meanwhile, amon al zawahiri releases a video. the question is, what is his new message for the united states from...
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i'm amara sohn. today we begin with the debt scramble. house speaker john boehner's reworked debt ceiling proposal will be put to the test today with an expected vote in the house. realistically, it's going nowhere fast. in the unlikely event it passes, the house and senate, the president has vowed to veto the plan. where do things go from here? tracie potts has more from washington. the racie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. democrats say it is going nowhere and will never land on the president's desk. budget officials found another $60 billion in savings. >> the speaker's plan is on life support and it is time for him to pull the plug. >> you're not worried? >> lefr let them see you sweat. >> reporter: a trillion dollars in cuts. his own party wants more and complains his plan would add $7 trillion to our national debt. >> that is unacceptable and unsustainable. >> reporter: house republicans want to cut more but democrats won't budge. >> you need a partner to dance with in the senate. we
i'm amara sohn. today we begin with the debt scramble. house speaker john boehner's reworked debt ceiling proposal will be put to the test today with an expected vote in the house. realistically, it's going nowhere fast. in the unlikely event it passes, the house and senate, the president has vowed to veto the plan. where do things go from here? tracie potts has more from washington. the racie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. democrats say it is going nowhere and will never land...
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i'm amara sohn. here are some of the top stories making news this morning. >>> north korea is calling for a peace treaty with the u.s. to officially end the korean war. the request comes on the 58th anniversary of the armistice deal that ended the fighting. the two koreas have remained technically at war because there has never been a peace treaty. all this comes as one of north korea's top diplomats visits new york to try to restart six-party nuclear disarmament talks. >>> the judge in the casey anthony trial is delaying the release of the name of jurors until october. he says he is concerned about their safety following their not guilty verdict, and he wants to wait until things cool off. >>> earlier this week hundreds of tourists from around the world protested in peru after being denied entry into -- the numbers being allowed into the ruins is now being limited because of damage created by multitudes of visitors. >>> in england a woman was rescued after her car veered off the road and plunged dow
i'm amara sohn. here are some of the top stories making news this morning. >>> north korea is calling for a peace treaty with the u.s. to officially end the korean war. the request comes on the 58th anniversary of the armistice deal that ended the fighting. the two koreas have remained technically at war because there has never been a peace treaty. all this comes as one of north korea's top diplomats visits new york to try to restart six-party nuclear disarmament talks. >>>...
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i'm amara sohn. here are some of your top headlines this morning. republican presidential candidate michelle bachmann says she is running for president, not her husband. at the national press club the minnesota congresswoman refused to answer questions about her husband's christian counseling clinic which attempts to convert gay patients and has accepted government funding. >>> the rebel military campaign against leader muammar qadhafi was shot and killed on thursday. >>> polygamous sect leader warren jeffs will be representing himself in his criminal trial after firing his defense team. in opening statements a prosecutor says they'll present audio recordings and dna evidence to prove jeffs raped a 12-year-old and impregnated a 15-year-old. >>> a delaware man convicted of killing a woman with an ax was executed this morning. robert jackson was put to death by lethal injection. the state's first execution since 2005. >>> and the skeletal remains of a man missing for 27 years was discovered in the chimney of a bank in louisiana during renovation. jose
i'm amara sohn. here are some of your top headlines this morning. republican presidential candidate michelle bachmann says she is running for president, not her husband. at the national press club the minnesota congresswoman refused to answer questions about her husband's christian counseling clinic which attempts to convert gay patients and has accepted government funding. >>> the rebel military campaign against leader muammar qadhafi was shot and killed on thursday. >>>...